Today's headlines

New York Times columnist says new boss Mark Thompson is tainted by Jimmy Savile case. P104G passes speed test - for those who can afford it. P14Wu-Tang man makes film on Genghis Khan. P19TV station goes off air as Greek journalists down tools. P20

BBC to investigate reporter's death. P6New York Times columnist says new boss Mark Thompson is tainted by Jimmy Savile case. P16Disney to buy Lucasfilm. Business, P1,5Rupert Murdoch scorns Penguin-Random House merger. Business P1Financial Times freezes recruitment and cuts travel costs. Business P3Quarto board rebuffs rebel investor's voice. Business P3Tale of two fortunes for Britons at the helm of Apple. Business P5Sky investor calls for James Murdoch to leave group. Business P5

Leader: Prosecution of a Greek journalist is just what Athens does not need. P2Apple deletes squabbling bosses in night of the long iKnives. P11New York Times staff have Mark Thompson doubts. P13Islamists shoot journalist dead. P40Quarto publisher under attack. P50

Simon Cowell's publicists must be earning their money this week – if only to prevent the X Factor boss from seeing the unflattering pictures of his new "puffy-faced" look in the British press. The Sun's front page has the picture caption "Pieman Cowell" over a shot of the pop mogul looking slightly, er, larger than life on US TV this week. Inside, the paper wonders about the cause of Cowell's chubby cheeks under the headline, "Supersi Me". Is Cowell auditioning for Alvin and the Chipmunks ... in the role of Simon? The Sun P11